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what_o will_v the_o practice_v thereof_o be_v i_o mean_v the_o idolatrous_a mass_n that_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n the_o misery_n alace_o be_v too_o great_a to_o see_v the_o people_n of_o this_o country_n scatter_v like_o sheep_n without_o shepherd_n matth._n 9.36_o die_v that_o second_o and_o everlasting_a death_n for_o want_v of_o the_o bread_n of_o life_n and_o gospel_n of_o salvation_n but_o this_o will_v be_v the_o misery_n of_o misery_n if_o the_o golden_a cup_n of_o babel_n full_a of_o all_o abomination_n rev._n 17.4_o shall_v be_v set_v to_o their_o head_n again_o to_o drink_v the_o deadly_a poison_n of_o their_o own_o damnation_n and_o certain_o if_o this_o famine_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n amos_n 8.11.12_o whereby_o not_o only_o two_o or_o three_o city_n as_o the_o same_o prophet_n say_v ch_n 4.8_o but_o twenty_o or_o
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and_o kingdom_n his_o work_n also_o be_v so_o foolish_a in_o its_o self_n as_o both_o i_o hear_v his_o majesty_n affirm_v that_o he_o be_v a_o foolish_a reasoner_n in_o it_o and_o also_o i_o hope_v the_o indifferent_a reader_n shall_v see_v the_o same_o his_o reason_n &_o argument_n be_v also_o so_o oft_o answer_v unto_o by_o the_o learned_a of_o our_o side_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v but_o actum_fw-la agere_fw-la to_o make_v any_o further_a answer_n thereunto_o yet_o notwithstanding_o of_o all_o these_o impediment_n these_o motion_n and_o reason_n prevail_v with_o i_o at_o the_o last_o both_o to_o answer_v it_o and_o also_o to_o let_v it_o go_v forth_o to_o the_o open_a view_n and_o sight_n of_o all_o man_n to_o wit_n the_o conscience_n of_o that_o duty_n which_o i_o owe_v unto_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n be_v so_o high_o blaspheme_v and_o evil_o speak_v of_o the_o unfeigned_a love_n of_o the_o salvation_n of_o my_o countryman_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v blind_v with_o the_o 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